439, Lot: 270. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNCERTAIN EAST. Æ (26mm, 19.40 g). Countermark applied 1st century AD. LII (or CH?) in rectangular countermark on a bronze of Nero from Antioch. Howgego –. Host Fair, c/m VF, brown patina.

From the Richard Baker Collection.

The collector suggests an interpretation of Legio II Augusta, but this unit was primarily stationed in Britain, and it would be unusual for its countermark to appear on a bronze of Antioch.